We recommend surgical removal of the whole kidney or part of it (nephrectomy). This may include removal of the bladder, the surrounding tissues or lymph nodes.
In some patients, surgery can help to remove a small number of tumors that have spread (metastasized).
Radiation therapy usually does not work for renal cell carcinoma, so that is not used frequently. In some cases, hormone treatments can reduce tumor growth.
Chemotherapy is generally not effective for treating renal cell carcinoma. The drug interleukin 2 (IL-2), which works by helping the body’s own immune system to destroy cancer cells, may serve a small number of patients, but is very toxic. Have used other chemotherapy drugs, but patients generally do not live long once the disease has spread outside the kidney.
Newer therapies include sorafenib (Nexavar), sunitinib (Sutent) and temsirolimus (Torisel). Also been used biologic drug bevacizumab (Avastin).
The cure is unlikely unless all the cancer is removed surgically.
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